A second isoform of 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase found in Caenorhabditis elegans, which is similar to sterol carrier protein x but lacks the sequence of sterol carrier protein 2

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 252-259

  Bun Ya, Masanori ^a   Maebuchi, Motohiro ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Yokota, Sadaki ^c   Kamiryo, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 ketoacyl CoA thiolase; Caenorhabditis elegans; cDNA cloning; Sterol carrier protein 2; Sterol carrier protein x

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030950139     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00252.x     Document Type: Article

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